LOCATION HARD LABOR GA+AL SC
Established Series
WGG-REE-MJB/Rev. DTA
02/2026
HARD LABOR SERIES
MLRA(s): 136 (thermic part)
Soil Survey Regional Office (SSRO) Responsible: Southeast
Depth Class: Very deep
Agricultural Drainage Class: Moderately well drained
Index Surface Runoff: Medium
Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity Class: Moderately low
Shrink-Swell Potential: Low
Landscape: Piedmont uplands
Landform: Interstream divides, ridges, heads of drains, and side slopes
Parent Material: Residuum from felsic igneous and metamorphic rock, primarily granite and granite gneiss.
Slope: 0 to 15 percent
Mean Annual Air Temperature: 16 degrees C (60 degrees F)
Mean Annual Precipitation: 1142 millimeters (45 inches)
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine, kaolinitic, thermic Oxyaquic Kanhapludults
TYPICAL PEDON: Hard Labor coarse sandy loam on a northwest facing 2 percent slope, at an elevation of 223 meters (730 feet), in a hayfield. (Colors are for moist soil.)
Ap--0 to 8 centimeters (0 to 3 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) coarse sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; many fine and very fine roots; very strongly acid; clear smooth boundary. (5 to 25 centimeters (2 to 10 inches) thick)
E--8 to 18 centimeters (3 to 7 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) loamy sand; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; many fine and common very fine roots; strongly acid; clear wavy boundary. (0 to 25 centimeters (0 to 10 inches) thick)
Bt1--18 to 33 centimeters (7 to 13 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky and moderately plastic; common fine and very fine roots; common prominent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) clay films on faces of peds, and in pores; few fine flakes of mica; few fine red (2.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds; strongly acid; gradual wavy boundary.
Bt2--33 to 48 centimeters (13 to 19 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure parting to moderate thick platy; firm, lightly sticky and moderately plastic; common fine and very fine roots; common prominent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) clay films on faces of peds, in pores, and in former root channels; few fine flakes of mica; few fine red (2.5YR 4/8) masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds; moderately acid; gradual wavy boundary.
Bt3--48 to 81 centimeters (19 to 32 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure parting to strong medium platy; firm, slightly sticky and moderately plastic; few fine and very fine roots between horizontal faces of peds; common prominent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) clay films in former root channels, in pores, and on horizontal faces of peds; few fine flakes of mica; many medium and coarse red (2.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds; many medium very pale brown (10YR 8/4) iron depletions on faces of peds; strongly acid; gradual wavy boundary. (Combined thickness of the Bt horizon is 46 to 102 centimeters (18 to 40 inches)
BC--81 to 122 centimeters (32 to 48 inches); 35 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), 35 percent red (2.5YR 4/6), and 30 percent very pale brown (10YR 8/4) sandy clay loam; weak moderate subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky and slightly plastic; few fine and very fine roots; common prominent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) clay films in former root channels; common fine flakes of mica; common medium white (10YR 8/1) masses and streaks of stripped kaolinite; few fine light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions on faces of peds; strongly acid; gradual wavy boundary. (15 to 46 centimeters (6 to 18 inches thick)
C--122 to 152 centimeters (48 to 60 inches); 35 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), 35 percent red (2.5YR 4/6), and 30 percent very pale brown (10YR 8/4) sandy clay loam saprolite; massive; very friable; many fine flakes of mica; common medium white (10YR 8/1) masses and streaks of stripped kaolinite; common fine and medium light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions; strongly acid.
TYPE LOCATION: Morgan County, Georgia; about 400 feet southwest of Prospect Road, 5,000 feet south of Prospect Church; in field. USGS Rutledge North, Georgia topographic quadrangle.
Latitude--33.6747
Longitude-- -83.5642
Datum--WGS84
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Solum thickness: 102 to more than 152 centimeters (40 to more than 60 inches)
Depth to bedrock: Greater than 152 centimeters (60 inches)
Depth to Seasonal High Water Table: 46 to 76 centimeters (18 to 30 inches), January to April
Soil reaction: Very strongly acid to moderately acid, except where limed.
Rock fragment content: 0 to 35 percent, by volume, in the A and E horizons, and from 0 to 10 percent, by volume, in the B and C horizons.
Mica content: None to common in the A, E, and Bt horizons, and few to many in the BC and C horizons.
Other features: Content of plinthite nodules ranges from 0 to 5 percent in the lower Bt and BC horizons.
RANGE OF INDIVIDUAL HORIZONS:
A or Ap horizon:
Color--hue of 7.5YR to 2.5Y, value of 3 to 6, chroma of 2 to 6
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--loamy coarse sand, loamy sand, coarse sandy loam, or sandy loam. Severely eroded phases are sandy clay loam or clay loam.
E horizon, (if it occurs):
Color--hue of 7.5YR to 2.5Y, value of 4 to 6, chroma of 3 to 6
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--loamy coarse sand, loamy sand, coarse sandy loam, or sandy loam
BA or BE horizon, (if it occurs):
Color--hue of 7.5YR to 2.5Y, value of 5 or 6, chroma of 3 to 8
Texture--coarse sandy loam, sandy loam, or sandy clay loam.
Bt horizon:
Color--hue of 5YR to 10YR, value of 4 to 6, chroma of 3 to 8, with chroma 3 restricted to hue of 10YR. Some pedons have hue of 2.5YR, value of 4 or 5, chroma of 4 to 6 in some subhorizons; some pedons have hue of 2.5Y, value of 5 to 7, chroma of 3 to 6 in the lower subhorizons.
Texture--clay loam, sandy clay, or clay.
Redoximorphic features--masses of oxidized iron in shades of red, yellow, and brown range from few to many in most pedons. Iron depletions with chroma of 2 or less are below a depth of 30 inches.
BC horizon:
Color--multicolored in hues of 2.5YR to 2.5Y, value of 4 to 7, chroma of 3 to 8
Texture--sandy clay loam, clay loam, or sandy clay
Redoximorphic features--iron depletions in shades of gray and brown. Some pedons have masses and streaks of white stripped kaolinite.
C horizon, (if it occurs):
Color--multicolored in hues of 2.5YR to 2.5Y, value of 4 to 7, chroma of 3 to 8
Texture--loamy saprolite
Other features--some pedons have masses and streaks of white stripped kaolinite.
COMPETING SERIES:
Cataula soils--are red in color.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Landscape: Piedmont uplands
Landform: Interstream divides, ridges, heads of drains, and side slopes Parent Material: Residuum from felsic igneous and metamorphic rock, primarily granite and granite gneiss.
Slope: 0 to 15 percent
Elevation: 107 to 274 meters (350 to 900 feet)
Frost-Free Period: 185 to 240 days
Mean Annual Air Temperature: 14 to 17 degrees C (57 to 62 degrees F)
Mean Annual Precipitation: 1143 to 1270 millimeters (45 to 50 inches)
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:
Appling soils--are well drained
Bush River soils--have soft bedrock at a depth of 102 to 152 centimeters (40 to 60 inches)
Cecil soils--are well drained and red in color
Colfax soils--are somewhat poorly drained and have a fragipan
Helena soils--have a high shrink-swell potential and have seasonal high water tables at depths of 46 to 76 centimeters (18 to 30 inches)
Madison soils--are well drained, red in color, and are micaceous
Lloyd soils--are well drained and rhodic in color
Pacolet soils--are well drained and red in color
Prosperity soils--have soft bedrock at a depth of 51 to 102 centimeters (20 to 40 inches)
Santuc soils are fine-loamy
Vance soils--are well drained
Wedowee soils--are well drained
Whistlestop soils--have mixed mineralogy and occur on stream terraces
DRAINAGE AND SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY:
Agricultural Drainage Class: Moderately well drained
Index Surface Runoff: Medium
Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity: Moderately low
USE AND VEGETATION: Cropland, pasture, and woodland. Where cultivated-- cotton, corn, soybeans, and small grains. Where wooded--mixed hardwoods and pine.
SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (SSRO) RESPONSIBLE: Auburn, Alabama
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT:
Distribution: Georgia, Alabama, and South Carolina
Extent: Small
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Morgan County, Georgia; 1998.
REMARKS:
These soils were previously included with the Appling series in several surveys. 2006 revision to clean up text only. RHB. The February 2026 revision changed the formatting only. No data was changed. DTA
Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon are:
Ochric epipedon--the zone from 0 to 18 centimeters (0 to 7 inches) (Ap and E horizons)
Kandic horizon--the zone from 18 to 122 centimeters (7 to 48 inches) has low activity clay in more than 50 percent of the horizon (Bt1, Bt2, Bt3 and BC horizons)
Argillic horizon--the zone from 18 to 122 centimeters (7 and 48 inches) (Bt1, Bt2, and Bt3 and BC horizons)
Oxyaquic feature--saturation with water, in one or more layers within one meter of the mineral soil surface, for one month or more per year in 6 or more out of 10 years
REVISED = KSL 11/2000, RHB 10/2002, RHB 03/2006, DTA 02/2026
ADDITIONAL DATA:
TABULAR SERIES DATA:
SOI-5 Soil Name Slope Airtemp FrFr/Seas Precip Elevation
GA0110 HARD LABOR 0-15 57-62 185-240 45-50 350-900
SOI-5 FloodL FloodH Watertable Kind Months Bedrock Hardness
GA0110 NONE 2.5-5.0 PERCHED NOV-APR >60
SOI-5 Depth Texture 3-Inch No-10 Clay% -CEC-
GA0110 0-7 FSL SL COSL 0-5 80-100 5-20 1-5
GA0110 0-7 SCL CL 0-5 85-100 20-35 5-10
GA0110 7-32 SC CL C 0-5 90-100 35-60 3-12
GA0110 32-48 SC CL SCL 0-5 85-100 20-45 2-8
GA0110 48-60 SL SCL L 0-1 70-100 10-30 2-8
SOI-5 Depth -pH- O.M. Salin Permeab Shnk-Swll
GA0110 0-7 4.5-6.0 0.5-2.0 0-0 2.0-6.0 LOW
GA0110 0-7 4.5-6.0 0.5-1.0 0-0 0.6-2.0 LOW
GA0110 7-32 4.5-6.0 0.0-0.5 0-0 0.2-0.6 LOW
GA0110 32-48 4.5-6.0 0.0-0.5 0-0 0.06-0.2 LOW
GA0110 48-60 4.5-6.0 0.0-0.5 0-0 0.6-2.0 LOW
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National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.